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Memorial head of a queen mother

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The large number of commemorative heads from this period are highly formalised. Their faces are largely identical, whereas the royal insignia are more elaborate and their shapes vary; in contrast to the king's round cap, the queen mother wears a pointed, slightly forward-curved cap made of coral beads.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Plastic
Dimensions
Wandstärke: 0,5 cm
Height: 47 cm
Depth: 24 cm
Width: 22 cm
Weight: 13,6 kg
Material/Technique
Brass, Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8185

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Nigeria
  • Collecting
    who
    Eduard Schmidt - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    19th century, commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or Guild of Brass Casters in the Kingdom of Benin; location unknown in the Kingdom of Benin until 1897; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; collected by Consul Eduard Schmidt, employee of the Woermann line, between 1897 and 1898 in the territory of later colonial Nigeria; sold to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1898.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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